Windows 11 Mega thread

Not sure its better. But i like it a bit more than 10. Subjective of course. Aside from the chrome issue on one pc, making logins and a bit of bloat like messenger app etc. all else is ok imo. It only takes 4 clicks to copy and paste a file.

 

I'd say opinions will still be quite polar. Best bet is to install it to a VM and get a feel for it yourself. Unless it has something you need/want that isn't and won't be on Windows 10, then stay on Windows 10.

There's still a few basic things that were removed that should not have, and are taking time to be reintroduced, such as drag and drop to an app on its taskbar icon...

 

No. It never did, to my knowledge.

 

so just to circle back.. for some reason, even though i tried this before (maybe not in admin mode perhaps?), i was able to FINALLY delete the pdf file using "del /f filename"

i was seriously going to format the laptop because it was annoying me, but i couldn't find the charger for it

 

I installed it on an old PC for bro early this year, and basically copy and paste isnt on the default right click menu anymore, only on the drop down menu. Maybe a recent update has changed it but from memory this was the process---

Click 1) right click
Click 2) click drop menu...zz scroll down
Click 3) click copy

Click 4) right click
Click 5) click drop menu, scroll again
Click 6) click paste

So 6 clicks technically plus the additional second to find the copy/paste in the drop menu. SO F***IN ANNOYING

 

It's an icon at the top of the context menu, not a word.

* Right click -> copy icon
* Right click -> paste icon

Done. No sub menu / extra clicks needed. Just gotta teach an old dog new tricks.

Click+Ctrl and drag also works for copy (click+shift and drag moves).

Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V also works for copy (Ctrl+X/Ctrl+V for cut/move).

Ctrl+Ins for copy, Shift+Ins for paste too.

Look at this little Linux guy go, teaching all these Windows kids Windows things. What a world we live in.

 

At the top of the right click menu are items. I wonder what they do.

 

Is there any way to have the name under the icons in explorer?
It's so good having them but sometimes i look at it and somehow get them mixed up still (more so when RDP'ing from a tablet)

 

Got my new nvme SSD yesterday. Have swapped out my Windows 10 nvme for it to see how my rig handles Windows 11. So far silky smooth. Will see how it copes with my gaming. Not stress testing, but just how it handles them. My video card is AMD, so have also gone straight to driver 22.7.1 which is currently Optional but touted to be a vast improvement over 22.5.

 

There's a number of basic things Windows 11 is currently lacking. One thing overdue to be re-released is drag and drop via taskbar icons. Your issue might be alongside it.

 

I don't remember seeing any icon on top of the right click menu...it was just a normal menu...with no copy of paste and only saw them in the drop down menu. Maybe I had a different version of win 11.

As for the keyboard shortcuts...yes I know them but prefer to use the mouse.

 

Keyboard shortcuts make life so much easier for common tasks. If I didn't have those, my computing life would be hell.

I can't stand watching slow coworkers futz around with mouse controls, taking three times as long to do things. Maddening.

 

That's a completely different menu to what I had. Click on 'show more options" and screen shot that for me if you dont mind.

 

There are copy/paste text items in deeper menus, but the icon options are there at the top level.

No need for your 6 clicks.

If you WANT to click on text items only, that's cool, your choice. But the icons are there in the top level.

 

I know they are there but so used to having it in the main little window.....hard to break habits and there is no need for developers to do that......except they are sadist who want to piss us off